The Second Sunday of Advent The Angels Candle

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The Second Sunday of AdventThe Angels Candle

• Symbolizes JOY!

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JOY to the World!

• Luke 28-14

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• In the same region there were some shepherds
  staying out in the fields and keeping watch over
  their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord
  suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the
  Lord shone around them and they were terribly
  frightened. But the angel said to them, "Do not
  be afraid for behold, I bring you good news of
  great joy which will be for all the people
• Luke 28-14

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• for today in the city of David there has been
  born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  This will be a sign for you you will find a baby
  wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." And
  suddenly there appeared with the angel a
  multitude of the heavenly host praising God and
  saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on
  earth peace among men with whom He is pleased."
• (Luke 28-14)

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• WARNING dont confuse joy with happiness!!

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• WARNING dont confuse joy with happiness!!
• Happiness
• 1. temporary feeling based on good happenings
  (things that occur by chance)

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• WARNING dont confuse joy with happiness!!
• Happiness
• 1. temporary feeling based on good happenings
  (things that occur by chance)
• 2. outer response to positive circumstances
  quickly changes

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• Joy
• 1. It is divine. It is possessed and given only
  by God. It is a fruit of the Spirit.

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• Joy
• 1. It is divine. It is possessed and given only
  by God. It is a fruit of the Spirit.
• 2. It is not tied to circumstances or feelings
  present in trials.

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• Joy
• 1. It is divine. It is possessed and given only
  by God. It is a fruit of the Spirit.
• 2. It is not tied to circumstances or feelings
  present in trials.
• 3. Our faith in Jesus activates joy.

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• Joy
• 1. It is divine. It is possessed and given only
  by God. It is a fruit of the Spirit.
• 2. It is not tied to circumstances or feelings
  present in trials.
• 3. Our faith in Jesus activates joy.
• 4. Rejoicing is worship.

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• It is no accident that the words joy and
  rejoice appear particularly where there is
  express mention of fulfillment in Christ, of
  being in Him, and of hope in Himthe whole New
  Testament message is about the proclamation of
  Gods saving work in Christ is a message of joy
• Theological Dictionary of the New Testament p.
  357.

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• Joy Rejoice in Luke
• But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid,
  Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and
  your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you
  will give him the name John. "You will have JOY
  and gladness, and many will REJOICE at his birth.
  (Luke 113-14)
• "For behold, when the sound of your greeting
  reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for
  JOY. (Luke 144)
• "And when he comes home, he calls together his
  friends and his neighbors, saying to them,
  'REJOICE with me, for I have found my sheep which
  was lost!' "I tell you that in the same way,
  there will be more JOY in heaven over one sinner
  who repents than over ninety-nine righteous
  persons who need no repentance. (Luke 156-7)

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• How do we experience JOY?
• J
• O
• Y

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• How do we experience JOY?
• J esus- the JOY Giver
• O
• Y

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• Who is Jesus?

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• Who is Jesus?
• for today in the city of David there has been
  born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord
• Savior- a deliverer who snatches someone from
  some terrible disaster
• For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save
  that which was lost. (Luke 1910)

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• Who is Jesus?
• for today in the city of David there has been
  born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord
• Christ- the Anointed One Greek for
  Messiah
• He said to them, But who do you say that I
  am? And Simon Peter answered and said, You are
  the Christ, the Son of the living God. (Matt.
  1616)

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• Who is Jesus?
• for today in the city of David there has been
  born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord
• Lord- Master, Owner, Majesty, Deity
• that at the name of Jesus every knee should
  bowand that every tongue should confess that
  Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
  Father. (Phil. 211)
• he who has seen Me has seen the Father (John
  149)

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• Other titles for Jesus
• gt Jesus- One Who Saves
• "She will bear a Son and you shall call His
  name Jesus, for He will save His people from
  their sins." (Matthew 121)

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• Other titles for Jesus
• gt Jesus
• gt Prince of Peace

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• Other titles for Jesus
• gt Jesus
• gt Prince of Peace
• gt Son of God

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• Other titles for Jesus
• gt Jesus
• gt Prince of Peace
• gt Son of God
• gt Emmanuel

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• How do we experience JOY?
• J esus- the JOY Giver
• O
• Y ou- the JOY Receiver

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• What are we like?

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• What are we like?
• All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of
  us has turned to his own way but the Lord has
  caused the iniquity of us all to fall upon Him.
  (Isaiah 536)

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• What are we like?
• There is none righteous, not even oneFor all
  have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
  (Rom. 310, 23)
• And you were dead in your trespasses and sin
  (Eph. 21)

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• What gifts have we received from Jesus?

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• What gifts have we received from Jesus?
• Redemption- for sin
• In Him we have redemption through His blood,
  the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to
  the riches of His grace. (Ephesians 17)

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• What gifts have we received from Jesus?
• Redemption- for sin
• Propitiation- for Gods wrath
• and He Himself is the propitiation for our
  sins
• (1 John 22)

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• What gifts have we received from Jesus?
• Redemption- for sin
• Propitiation- for Gods wrath
• Reconciliation- for mans estrangement
• And not only this, but we also exult in God
  through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we
  have now received the reconciliation. (Romans
  511)

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• Hark! the herald angels sing,
• Glory to the newborn King
• Peace on earth, and mercy mild
• God and sinners reconciled.
• By Charles Wesley

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• How do we experience JOY?
• J esus- the JOY Giver
• O zero nothing between you Jesus
• Y ou- the JOY Receiver

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• Has anything come between you and Jesus?

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• Has anything come between you and Jesus?
• Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot
  bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the
  vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
  (John 154)
• These things I have spoken to you, that My joy
  may be in you, and that your joy may be made
  full.
• (John 1511)

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• Joy Stealers

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• Joy Stealers
• Unforgiveness ? bitterness

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• Joy Stealers
• Unforgiveness ? bitterness
• Ungratefulness ? selfishness

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• Joy Stealers
• Unforgiveness ? bitterness
• Ungratefulness ? selfishness
• Unconfessed sin ? carnality

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• Joy Stealers
• Unforgiveness ? bitterness
• Ungratefulness ? selfishness
• Unconfessed sin ? carnality
• Unyieldedness ? pride, selfishness

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• Joy Stealers
• Unforgiveness ? bitterness
• Ungratefulness ? selfishness
• Unconfessed sin ? carnality
• Unyieldedness ? pride, selfishness
• Unmet expectations ? greed, disappointment,
  comparison, envy

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• Joy Stealers
• Unforgiveness ? bitterness
• Ungratefulness ? selfishness
• Unconfessed sin ? carnality
• Unyieldedness ? pride, selfishness
• Unmet expectations ? greed, disappointment,
  comparison, envy
• Worry ? control

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• Joy Stealers
• Unforgiveness ? bitterness
• Ungratefulness ? selfishness
• Unconfessed sin ? carnality
• Unyieldedness ? pride, selfishness
• Unmet expectations ? greed, disappointment,
  comparison, envy
• Worry ? control
• Busyness ? exhaustion, frustration

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• Joy Stealer 8
• FINALS!

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• fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and
  perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before
  Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and
  has sat down at the right hand of the throne of
  God.
• (Hebrews 122)

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• Rejoice in the Lord always again I will say
  rejoice!
• (Philippians 44)

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• How do we experience JOY?
• J esus- the JOY Giver
• O zero nothing between you Jesus
• Y ou- the JOY Receiver

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• Joy to the world! the Lord is come
• Let earth receive her King
• Let every heart prepare Him room,
• And heavn and nature sing,
• And heavn and nature sing,
• And heavn, and heavn and nature sing.
• by Isaac Watts